MC Hammer
Artist Type: Person
Artist Born:
1962
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Surge Tracks
Played By
| More Than A Feeling | |
| Project Mayhem | |
| Bad Taste | |
| The Liam Hour with Dan & Colm | |
| Nelly and Dev |
Artist Biography
MC Hammer (born Stanley Kirk Burrell on March 30, 1962) is an American MC who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for his dramatic rise to and fall from fame and fortune and his trademark Hammer Pants. He became a preacher in the 1990s and now works as a television show host and CEO. He lives in Tracy, California, with his wife Stephanie and six children, three boys and three girls.
His debut album Feel My Power was produced between 1986 and 1987 to be released independently in 1987. It was produced by VEH (of Con Funk Shun), and sold over 60,000 copies. In the spring of 1988, a DJ played the track "Let's Get it Started"—a song in which he declared he was "...second to none, from Doug E. Fresh, Cool LL, or DJ Run"—after which the track began to gain popularity in clubs. Hammer received several offers from major record labels after the successful release of the independent album.
Artist Discography
Albums
Active Duty (20 November 2001)
Full Blast (January 2004)
Let's Get It Started (28 September 1988)
Look Look Look (4 July 2006)
Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em (1990)
The Funky Headhunter (1994)
Too Legit to Quit (20 October 1998)
V: Inside Out (12 September 1995)
Singles
2 Legit 2 Quit (31 October 1991)
Addams Groove
Goin' Up Yonder
Here Comes the Hammer (1990)
It's All Good (1994)
Pray (1990)
U Can't Touch This (1990)